Line-fastener.



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I LINE FASTENEB. APPLIOATIOHIILBD JUNE 29, 1911.

1,009,808. Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ANSON TRUESDELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LINE-FASTENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. TRUESDELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Line-Fasteners, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a device which is adapted to grip and hold aline which is passed through it, in such a manner that the line will besecurely held and yet may be readily tightened or released withoutuntying the line or removing it from the device; and my improvementsconsist in the particulars hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view, and Fig. 2 is a top view ofone of my improved fasteners, with arope passed through it, and showingan anchor rope fastened through its eyeleted end.

Corresponding reference numerals designate similar parts in bothfigures.

The fastener 1 is provided with two side flanges or wings 2, 2, whichform an open groove between them. From the bottom of this groove a hole3, passes through the body of the fastener. Another hole 4, 4:, passestransversely through the fastener, the bottom of this hole 4-, 4, beingpreferably somewhat below the level of the bottom of the groove betweenthe wings 2, 2, where the groove and hole intersect at 5.

A line 6 is passed through the groove and then down through the hole 3,then upward and through the hole 4:, 4:, and under itself at 7, its end8 extending freely beyond the fastener. The hole 9 is provided forsecuring the fastener in position as by a rope end 10.

It will be seen that when a strain is applied to the end 6 of the ropeit will bite down against its transverse loop at 7 so firmly as toprevent the loop from slipping, although the edges of the holes may berounded, as shown by the broken lines, to prevent the rope from bindingtoo harshly around sharp angles. This, however, will not prevent therope from being drawn out by its free end 8, the loop slipping underSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 29, 1911.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

Serial No. 635.952.

the body of the rope; and thereby the rope may be tightened as desired,the end 8 being released whenever the desired tension is ob tained. If,now, the grooved end of the fastener is depressed, so as to carry thepoint 11, well away from the rope 6, the strain upon the transverse loopwill grow less and less so that the line may be slackened by drawing itback by its end 6, the fastener returning to its original position whenreleased, if there is any tension on the line, and resuming its holdinggrip upon transverse loop.

In these operations the wings 2, 2, hold the main portion of the line 6against lateral displacement, and by forming guards around the holes 4,4: they prevent the loop of the line from escaping from under itself asit might and would do by its free end 8 being drawn out over the end ofthe fastener by the retraction of the line end 6, if the transverse loopwas not held securely in place in the hole through the wings 2, 2. Thisavoids the necessity of rearranging the loop when the line is to beagain tightened and held, as the loop is always in its proper positionin the fastener and ready to be tightened by simply pulling on its freeend, or loosened by depressing the nose of the fastener, as described.These features make my device particularly desirable for clothes linesand similar ropes which have to be quickly and simply tightened orslacked by persons who are often unskilled in tying knots or in formingsecuring-loops or hitches.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is

A line fastener embodying a block provided with a rope-channel having anabrupt angle therein, a transverse channel intercepting said abruptangle, and side guards completely surrounding the ends of saidtransverse channel.

GEORGE ANSON TRUESDELL.

Witnesses:

AGNES SOHAEFER, JOHN D. LYTTLE.

tlopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

